Americans of good will wanted a complete repudiation of Trumpism. They didn't get that: in some races, hatred, lies, and fear won the day. But Trump losing the House is a very big deal -- much bigger than it would be for a normal president 1/
You see, Trump didn't just need full control of Congress to advance his agenda. He needed it to shield the most corrupt administration in history from scrutiny. Now the wall of silence has been breached 2/
Of course, given who we're dealing with, it won't be that simple. The best guess is that when the Democratic House tries to exert its legal authority to subpoena records, the Trumpists will try to defy the law. A constitutional crisis is predictable 3/
But even getting to that crisis is a big loss for Trump and a big victory for the resistance. The next two years will be terrifying, and may yet end in disaster -- but there's now a visible route out of the nightmare 4/
